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13<b>DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock</b>
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22#include &lt;db.h&gt;
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24int
25DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock(DB_ENV *dbenv, db_mutex_t mutex);
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28<b>Description: DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock</b>
29<p>The DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock method unlocks the mutex locked by
30<a href="../api_c/mutex_lock.html">DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_lock</a>.</p>
31<p>The DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock method may not be called before the <a href="../api_c/env_open.html">DB_ENV-&gt;open</a> method is called.</p>
32<p>The DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock method
33returns a non-zero error value on failure
34and 0 on success.
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36<b>Parameters</b> <br>
37 <b>mutex</b><ul compact><li>The <b>mutex</b> parameter is a mutex previously locked by
38<a href="../api_c/mutex_lock.html">DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_lock</a>.</ul>
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40<br><b>Errors</b>
41<p>The DB_ENV-&gt;mutex_unlock method
42may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:</p>
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44<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>An
45invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul>
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48<br><b>Class</b>
49<a href="../api_c/env_class.html">DB_ENV</a>
50<br><b>See Also</b>
51<a href="../api_c/env_list.html">Database Environments and Related Methods</a>
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